[Leica] Re: Scanners

[heintz at ucalgary.ca (John W. Heintz)]

Dave, HELP!

I also have an older Epson. My problem is with color negs. What  
tricks do you use to get the orange out and the color reversed?

thanks,

john h

On Jan 12, 2006, at 8:21 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:12:37 -0500
> From: "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Scanners (nikon to discontinue most film cameras)
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> I purchased an Epson Expression 1680 about 5 years ago. I still use  
> it a
> lot today (which is more than I can say for the dedicated 35mm  
> scanner I
> purchased at about the same time).
>
> I can scan a whole roll of 35mm with ease. It takes a minute to load
> slides or negs. But then I just push a button to scan, and I let it do
> its thing.
>
> For negs -- bw and color -- and even slides it's more than adequate  
> for
> proofing, for web presentation, or even decent sized prints. Plus,  
> I can
> scan MF and LF, reflective or transparency. I use it more than I do my
> Minolta 5400. No way do I want to scan everything with the 5400. It
> wouldn't be practical.
>
> Personally, I think flatbed scanners are highly underrated. They are
> very versatile. I even scan a lot of documents and save them as  
> PDFs. I
> hate saving and filing paper.
>
> DaveR